Vehicle-hub



No. 622,254. Patented Apr. 4, I899.

H. G. OLDS. VEHICLE HUB.

(Application filed Jan. 11, 1899.) (No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. OLDS, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-HUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,254, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed January 11, 1899. Serial No. 701,827. (No model.)

The object of my present invention is to provide an improved vehicle-hub having the ends of the hub-body incased in sheet-metal thimbles, which are secured in position by a novel mode of construction, and which securely protect the hub-body from the weather, and which also give to the hub a much neater and more attractive appearance, and also enable the hub to more readily pass or slide off from an interfering obstruction in use.

The principal novelfeature of my invention resides in the contour, arrangement, and manner of securing the said sheet-metal thimbles upon the hub-body and in the improved appearance, strength, and durability of the hub' secured by my improvement.

In the accompanying drawings similar refence-numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of my improvemen with an upper quarter longitudinal section removed to show the general arrangement and manner of securing the said metal thimbles. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of the forward thimble, showing its appearance before it is placed in position on the hub-body and rigidly-secured thereon. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of my improved hub, showing the general appearance of the front end thereof.

Referring now to Fig. 1, the hub-body 1 is of any proper form and dimensions and made of wood or any other suitable material adapted to secure the requisite strength and lightness and has the usual central longitudinal opening 2, provided with a proper metal boxing 3,

secured in the usual or other proper manner and adapted to form a bearing for the axlespindle. The hub-body 1 is also provided at its rear end with a cup 4, adjacent to and concentric with said opening 2, for the enlarged end of the spindle, and the said hub-body has at its forward end a somewhat deeper cup 5, similarly arranged and adapted to receive and contain the nut upon the other end of the axlespindle.

The hub-body 1 has the usual peripheral and radial spoke-mortises approximately midway its ends, which are preferably of the usual conicocylindrical form, as shown in Fig. 1. The hub-body is also surmounted at or near the middle of its length by a common form of annular metal strengthening-band 6, provided with spoke-mortises 7, adapted to register with the spoke-mortises of the hubbody in the usual manner.

The hub-body l of myimprovement differs from the usual form in having the peripheral edges of its extremities rounded off, as shown in Fig. 1.

On the opposite ends of the hub-body thus constructed are tightly mounted the metallic thimbles 8 and 9, preferably formed of sheetsteel and having their outer end provided with an annular flange 10, extending to the outer edge of the said cups 4 and 5, respectively, the said flange conforming in contour to the rounded ends of the hub-body, which they inclose, as shown. These metallic sheetsteel thimbles are rigidly secured in position by first forcing them on the hub-body endwise until the flange 10 tightly abutsthe adjacent end thereof, and then the inner extremities 11 of said thimbles are compressed in a well-understood manner until they sink into the wood of the hub-body, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby making any longitudinal displacement or derangement of said thimbles impossible. The said thimbles are further secured by placing in position the metallic strengthening-band 6 in the usual orother proper manner, which tightly incloses the said inner ends of the thimbles,'as shown. Thus constructed the wooden hub-body is tightly inclosed by metal bands, protecting it against the deteriorating eifects of the weather, and makes a vehicle-hub of greatly-increased beauty, durability, and utility.

The rounded ends of the hub not only greatly improve its general appearance, but also assist in passing obstructions.

Obviously the sheet-steel thimbles have greater smoothness, more tensile strength, and greater lightness than if made of Wroughtiron or of cast-iron.

The mere contour of the hub-body is of course wholly immaterial and may be varied at pleasure, as the essence of my present invention consists in providing the hub with the said inclosing thimbles or bandsformed and secured as described.

Having thus described my invention and the manner of employing the same, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is-- 1. A Wheel-hub provided upon its opposite ends with inclosing metallic thimbles having a curved annular flange upon their outer end as shown, for the purpose specified, and a metallic band 6 arranged as described.

2. In a vehicle-hub, the hub-body 1 having the boxing 3 and provided with the terminal cups 1 and 5; the sheet-metal thimbles 8 and 9 arranged uponsaid hub-body as shown and provided upon their outer end with terminal curved flanges and the metallic band 6 arranged as described.

Signed by me, at Fort Wayne, Allen county, State of Indiana, this 3d day of January, A. D. 1899.

HENRY G. OLDS.

Witnesses:

ADELAIDE KEARNS, AUGUSTA VIBERG. 

